The 350-pound bear strolled into a bar in Estes Park, Colorado. He sniffed around, then left. None of the humans took any notice:

The bruin, estimated at about 350 pounds and about 6 feet tall when standing on its hind legs, entered a back door of Lonigans Saloon Nightclub and Grill about 9:15 p.m. July 18 and nosed around for a time before exiting the way he came in, the Estes Park Trail-Gazette reported earlier this week.

The bear's visit would have gone unreported if not for a man walking by outside who saw it and security camera footage that captured it for posterity.

I don't blame him a bit for leaving. If you can't even welcome your customers, then they won't stay customers for long.

Not being able to look at Youtubes from where I am, I’d guess he walked into an empty room that did not have any doors open to the inside. Still, that’s no way to treat a bear; they should have asked if he wanted a beer.

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posted on 08/01/2013 3:10:10 PM PDT
by HiTech RedNeck
(Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)

The mama grabbed my dog by the throat. I reacted by screaming and waving my arms. She exited through the small casement window which she had broken when entering. The cubs ran the opposite direction into the powder room. I quickly shut the door to the powder room, grabbed a phone, closed the dogs in my bedroom, held the entrance window shut (since it was broken), and phoned 911.

When the police/sheriff/Park personnel peeked into the bathroom, both cubs were sitting in the sink!

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posted on 08/01/2013 4:00:48 PM PDT
by TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)

It looked to me like there were customers sitting at the tables in the upper right of the video.
They are clearer toward the end. Check out the 37 sec mark on that video (post#2).
Isn’t that a man and a woman sitting with their backs to the bear?

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